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President obama rack reacted to the speech by saying it wasnt anything new. the critique has added to an already heavy burden of persituation. george mitchell special envoy for northern ireland from 1995 to 2001. it is an honor to have you on the program today. thanks for joining us. so the aim of the negotiations is to persuade iran to restrain its nuclear program in exchange for relief from these sanctions. do you believe the deal that is being talked about today would do that? >> well we dont...

Believe the press is going to want to see those, as well. she has been pretty much blocking requests for information on her e-mails for an extended period of time even under the freedom of information act so i think there is an increasing cry to release e-mails that will play into the presidential campaign and we will never know if we get them all. they will always be that continuing doubt about what she is hiding. >> thanks very much for joining us today. well be watching. >> prime minister net...

What did you think, did you learn anything new about the presidents strategy for the next 2 1/2 years or so, senator? >> think it was a good summary of his approach to issues generally. and to foreign policy. and i think he made a persuasive case about the reality that we cannot intervene militarily everywhere that were asked to do so. and the reality also is, wolf, what we now regard as extraordinary, these conflicts around the globe are going to increase over the coming decade. the population ...

Exists. i just returned from there. the eastern part of the country very much threatened by russian-backed militants. the negotiations with iran. also not fully baked at this point, still serious ki disagreements standing in the way. you have an administration here saying it is confident with the strategy its pursued so far, and expressing that confidence, and pushing back at critics who say that they need to be tougher in effect. so if this was expected to be new, it really wasnt. it was the pr...

About the possibility of israelis and palestinians and other arabs living together. so i commend the pope. i encourage him. i strongly encourage the leaders on both sides to do what they have to do to move this process forward. wolf, let me add, i do believe, despite all the problems, despite all the setbacks and failures, it is very much in the interest of the people of israel and the palestinians to reach an agreement that will enable the palestinians to have a state, the israelis to have secu...

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Would be up to individual airlines to decide whether or not to allow passengers to talk or text. then antennas have to be installed. plenty of time for people to talk it over, fred. >> thanks so much. for now, lets enjoy the peace on the airline while in flight. appreciate it, alexandra field. u.s. secretary of state john kerry in geneva, trying to stop iran from building a nuclear weapon. are leaders hopeful that there may be a crucial deal? i will get some perspective from senator george mit...

Thats what a senator does, you sponsor law. you know this, it is not a lecture, it is a concern. i am asking what are you going to do about it. >> and i share that concern and have every day been working to highlight the millions of people that lost their job because of obama care, the millions that have been forced into part-time work, there are single moms, young people, hispanics, african-americans, people that are struggling who are now on part-time work. you cant feed your kids with 29 hour...

Solution to the current problems with health care, except to get rid of the existing law. is that enough? >> well, thats the only solution that will work. all of these bandaid fiksz the democrats are pushing wont fix the problems. every bill, they have great titles, if you like your plan, you can really, really, really keep them. but if they were passed into law, it wouldnt fix the problem for 5 million that lost their health insurance, they wouldnt get it back. >> you dont think the way to have...

Working when it is not implemented. how can you say premiums are skyrocketing when they havent put the plans into effect yet. youre being dangerous with political spin thats so central to the well-being of so many families? >> i appreciate the adjective you toss my way. john adams famously said facts are stubborn things. here are some facts. about 100,000 have signed up, gotten new insurance under obama care. about 5 million people lost their insurance because of obama care. those are facts. and...